I never owned property , so never had room for tools as large as mills & lathes .
But I did start machining in about 7th grade , then got back into it again around the 80s with racing & gunsmithing , and last worked about 8 yrs. ago with a retired fellow shooter / master machinist , he had CNC mills & lathes at home , and we did all kinds of stuff .
One of my favorite youtube machinist , there are soo many , but this guy is into electronics also , made a set of Kelvin clips